Selected Web Sites and Organizations
AIDS Foundation of South Africa
The foundation aims to mobilize and manage the resources for HIV/AIDS work within the country.
AIDS Law Project
ALP provides legal information and support to people living with HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
AVERT -- HIV/AIDS in South Africa
This page includes information about HIV/AIDS in Africa, including the disease's impact on the continent and information concerning children affected by the epidemic.
Catholic Relief Services
This site details the organization's programs in South Africa, including its HIV/AIDS work.
CDC Global AIDS Program Country Profile
This page provides an overview of the HIV/AIDS situation in selected countries and a description of the Global AIDS Program response, as well as contacts and links.
CIA World Fact Book Country Profile
This page includes HIV, general health, developmental, geographic, demographic, governmental and economic information in South Africa.
Commonwealth Regional Health Community (CRHC)
CRHC fosters and encourages cooperation in health in East, Central and Southern Africa. Its HIV/AIDS program aims to reduce new HIV infections among 15- to 24-year-olds by 25% and improve access to treatment and care in the region by 2006. Its members include Botswana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Department for International Development Country Profile
This site provides details about the activities of the Department for International Development, which manages Britain's aid to developing countries and works to eradicate extreme poverty.
EarthTrends Country Profile
This profile features selected indicators, trends and vital statistics.
Faces and Voices of Recovery South Africa
FAVOR focuses on the link between HIV and alocohol and drug addicition, especially among youth.
The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria -- Portfolio of Grants in South Africa
The site provides a brief description of the national epidemic and details of HIV/AIDS projects supported by the fund.
Health-E: The South African Online Health News Service
Health-E is a news agency dedicated to producing news and analysis for the print and electronic media regarding health policy and practice in South Africa.
Health Systems Trust (HST)
HST is a non-governmental organization that supports the transformation of the South African health system. "The trust actively supports the current and future development of a comprehensive health care system through strategies designed to promote equity and efficiency in health and health care delivery."
HIV/AIDS Treatment Map
This IRIN/PlusNews page provides profiles of available national antiretroviral treatment regimens, as well as data on the number of people in need of treatment and the number of people receiving treatment.
HIV Insite Country Profile
This Web site features a database that contains information from 72 key indicators in such areas as HIV/AIDS, treatment access, general health and mortality.
HOPE HIV Country Page
This page includes a description of the organization's work with children living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in South Africa.
IRIN Country Profile
This site contains contact information for national HIV/AIDS organizations, selected indicators, news and an epidemiological fact sheet from the United Nation's Integrated Regional Information Networks.
Journalism.co.za
Run by the Graduate Journalism Programme at the University of the Witwatersrand, this site serves as a resource for working journalists in southern Africa. It includes a Reporting Tools section for covering the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Kaiser Family Foundation -- South Africa Program
The foundation worlds with the South African government and other nongovernmental and private-sector partners to provide information on which government health policy and program plans are made.
loveLife
loveLife is South Africa's largest national HIV prevention initiative, which aims to reduce HIV-infection among South African youth.
Marie Stopes International
Marie Stopes International provides sexual and reproductive health information and services, including HIV/AIDS prevention and counseling. This page includes project descriptions and key statistics in South Africa.
NIAID Country Profile
This interactive database provides country-level data on disease burden, current projects, funding, demographics, health policies and infrastructure.
Population Services International Country Page
This page outlines PSI's HIV/AIDS-related work in South Africa.
President's Emergency Plans for AIDS Relief Profile
PEPFAR is a $15 billion, five-year program that directs funding for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria to 15 focus countries. The country profile for South Africa includes information on funding, partner organizations and operational plans.
SA DOH HIV/AIDS, TB Unit
This page outlines South Africa's Department of Health's program to control HIV/AIDS and TB.
Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance (SAHARA)
SAHARA aims to conduct, support and use social sciences research to prevent further spread of HIV and mitigate the pandemic's impact in sub-Saharan Africa.
South African Department of Health - HIV/AIDS
This site contains links to recent news, reports and relate documents.
Southern Africa HIV and AIDS Information Dissemination Service
SAFAIDS aims to promote effective and ethical development responses to the epidemic and its impact through HIV/AIDS knowledge management, capacity building, advocacy, policy analysis and research.
Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)
TAC's primary objective is to campaign for greater access to treatment for all South Africans by raising public awareness and understanding about issues surrounding the availability, affordability and use of HIV treatments.
UNAIDS Country Profile
This page provides a brief summary of national socioeconomic conditions in the context of the HIV epidemic and information on UNAIDS' country-level activities.
UNDP in South Africa
UNDP’s support focuses on creating an enabling and empowering policy environment, capacity development for an effective multi-sectoral response to the epidemic and advocacy for openness and de-stigmatisation.
USAID Country Profile
This site provides a description of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in selected countries, the national response and USAID programs and support.
WHO Country Page
The profile features selected indicators, disease outbreaks and vital statistics.
WHO Regional Office for Africa HIV/AIDS Page
This site includes information on HIV/AIDS in Africa, related resources, event listings and relevant publications.
World Bank National AIDS Strategies
This World Bank page provides information on South Africa's national HIV/AIDS strategies and frameworks.
Key Reports and Data Sources
Globalis
Globalis provides data on numerous health issues, including HIV/AIDS data. The project is a collaboration among the Norwegian U.N. Association, UNEP/GRID-Arendal, UNU/Global Virtual University, the University College of Hedmark and the INTIS schools and is supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation.
UNICEF Country Tables
This page includes population, mortality, general, reproductive health and education statistics.
UNAIDS/WHO AIDS Epidemic Update: December 2007
The report finds that global HIV/AIDS prevalence is stabilizing and that the number of new HIV cases is decreasing worldwide.
Fact Sheet on the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in South Africa. Kaiser Family Foundation, August 2006.
The fact sheet includes data on HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as an overview of international support and major donors.
UNAIDS 2006 Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic. May 2006.
This report reviews progress made toward meeting targets set at the 2001 U.N. General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS. Country and regional data are available in the annexes.
AIDS Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. UNAIDS/WHO, December 2005.
This report examines the state of the epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa.
amfAR Special Report: AIDS in Africa. October, 2005.
The report provides an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa and progress made toward curbing the disease. The page also includes a related article on South Africa.
AIDS in Africa: Three Scenarios to 2025. UNAIDS, March 2005..bmp "PDF")
This report outlines three plausible scenarios of the African HIV/AIDS epidemic over the next 20 years based on the current actions of the global and African communities.
Impact of HIV/AIDS on Gender, Orphans and Vulnerable Children. Economic Commission for Africa, November 2004.
The report describes the socio-cultural factors that make women and children vulnerable to HIV infection.
The Demographic Impact of HIV/AIDS in South Africa: National Indicators for 2004. Medical Research Council, 2004.
This report includes mortality indicators; projections to the year 2015; prevention and treatment indicators; and the potential impact of antiretroviral drugs.
UNAIDS Epidemiological Fact Sheets on HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in South Africa: 2004 Update. 
This report provides statistics on the prevalence and incidence of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections and a discussion of knowledge and behaviors related to HIV transmission.
Deadly Delay: South Africa’s Efforts to Prevent HIV in Survivors of Sexual Violence. Human Rights Watch, 2004.
This report looks at how South Africa can ensure that survivors of sexual violence, especially children and young women, receive prompt treatment, support and guidance in order to control the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Health Care Reform and the Crisis of HIV and AIDS in South Africa. The New England Journal of Medicine, July 1, 2004.
This review examines health care reform and responses to the pandemic of HIV and AIDS during the first decade of South Africa's new democracy.
South Africans at Ten Years of Democracy. Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University, March 2004.
This survey examines South Africans’ views about democracy and the challenges, including HIV/AIDS, facing the country leading up to the April 2004 election.
The Long-run Economic Costs of AIDS: Theory and an Application to South Africa. The World Bank, June 2003.
Most existing estimates of the macroeconomic costs of AIDS, as measured by the reduction in the growth rate of GDP, are modest. The authors of this report argue that this emphasis is misplaced and that, with a more plausible view of how the economy functions over the long run, the economic costs of AIDS are almost certain to be much higher.
Antiretroviral Therapy in Primary Health Care: Experience of the Khayelitsha Programme in South Africa. The World Health Organization, 2003.
This case study looks at the progress and challenges of an HIV/AIDS control program in Khayelitsha township in Cape Town, South Africa.
Access to HIV Prevention: Closing the Gap. Global HIV Prevention Working Group, May 2003.
This report provides an analysis by region of gaps in access to HIV prevention intervention, examines current spending levels compared to projected need, and recommends funding and activities needed to prevent new HIV infections.
